јибек

Southern Altai

Etymology

Probably a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yip (“thread”). Cognate with Crimean Tatar ipek / yipek, Kumyk йибек (yibek), Azerbaijani ipək, Turkish ipek, Turkmen ýüpek, Uzbek ipak, Kazakh жібек (jıbek), Kyrgyz жибек (jibek), Khakas чібек (çìbek), etc.

Noun

јибек • (ǰibek)

1. thread
2. silk

Synonyms

• торко (torko) (From Mongolian)

Related terms

• јип (ǰip, “wool thread”)

References

• “јибек”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka, Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN

• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 204

• Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences

• Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, page 269 pages